Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States
This study uses the psychometric paradigm (Renn & Rohrmann, 2000; Slovic, 1992) as an analytic framework to analyze the risk dimensions being conveyed in media coverage of Avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States between 2003 and 2007. A quantitative content analysis of The New York Times...
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fthongkongbapti:oai:repository.hkbu.edu.hk:coms_ja-1036 2023-05-15T15:34:09+02:00 Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States Fung, Kai Fung Namkoong, Kang Brossard, Dominique 2011-09-01T07:00:00Z https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/coms_ja/37 English eng HKBU Institutional Repository https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/coms_ja/37 Department of Communication Studies Journal Articles Department of Communication Studies Communication text 2011 fthongkongbapti 2021-08-06T11:01:38Z This study uses the psychometric paradigm (Renn & Rohrmann, 2000; Slovic, 1992) as an analytic framework to analyze the risk dimensions being conveyed in media coverage of Avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States between 2003 and 2007. A quantitative content analysis of The New York Times and South China Morning Post stories showed different patterns of avian flu related risk content coverage. The differences revealed that dimensions related to dreadfulness, catastrophic potential, uncertainty, and unfamiliarity were more emphasized in The New York Times than in South China Morning Post. The authors discuss the implications. Text Avian flu Hong Kong Baptist University: HKBU Institutional Repository |
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This study uses the psychometric paradigm (Renn & Rohrmann, 2000; Slovic, 1992) as an analytic framework to analyze the risk dimensions being conveyed in media coverage of Avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States between 2003 and 2007. A quantitative content analysis of The New York Times and South China Morning Post stories showed different patterns of avian flu related risk content coverage. The differences revealed that dimensions related to dreadfulness, catastrophic potential, uncertainty, and unfamiliarity were more emphasized in The New York Times than in South China Morning Post. The authors discuss the implications. |
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Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States |
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Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States |
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Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States |
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Media, social proximity, and risk: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of avian flu in Hong Kong and in the United States |
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